Pregnant women and alcohol – Do they mix?
November 19, 2010 by Christine - From Dates to Diapers
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Tweet I enjoyed an occasional glass of wine when I was pregnant with Timothy. Now before you judge me too harshly, listen to this – A recent British study shows that light drinking will not negatively effect the emotional, physical or cognitive development of an unborn baby. Suzanne Phan asked for my thoughts on this [...]
I’m still pregnant…
October 10, 2010 by Christine - From Dates to Diapers
Filed under Baby Young, pregnancy
Tweet Ray finds it amusing to take short little video clips of me these days. Perhaps I should be thankful to have these last few days of my pregnancy forever documented. Call me crazy, but I really just find it annoying…
Maternity Fashion Must-Haves
October 9, 2010 by Christine - From Dates to Diapers
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Tweet To compliment the fab finds I added to my maternity wardrobe over the summer, I was introduced to some great items that made staying in fashion on a daily basis, with a big belly bump, possible. I already layered most of my tops with tanks, the Hip-T or my Blush Topless Undershirts, but since [...]
Pregnancy Dreams
October 5, 2010 by Christine - From Dates to Diapers
Filed under dreams, pregnancy
Tweet I’ve been having some pretty bizarre dreams. Vivid dreams. Dreams of delivering Baby all by my lonesome. Like, last night, for instance. I dreamed that I was pacing walking around the neighborhood by myself when my water broke. Now, my bag of water has only ruptured just before popping out my babies, so I [...]
My Maternity Fashion Crisis {Averted}
October 3, 2010 by Christine - From Dates to Diapers
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Tweet Do you remember, over the summer, when I felt like I was wearing the same thing over and over again? I had a maternity fashion crisis, of sorts, so stuck in the tank-top-and-skirt rut that I created for myself. I wanted t be comfortable and fashionable, but it just hadn’t happened. Well, I managed [...]
Baby Update – He’ll Be Here Soon!!
September 30, 2010 by Christine - From Dates to Diapers
Filed under Baby Young, pregnancy
Tweet Yesterday’s OB appointment proved to be very encouraging! I just had a feeling I was further along this whole time, but I hadn’t seen my OB since my ultrasound. Instead, I had seen the nurse practitioner who only dismissed my measurements, due to the fact that this was my seventh baby and my body [...]
Truth
September 28, 2010 by Christine - From Dates to Diapers
Filed under from the heart, pregnancy, thoughtful musings
Tweet If you know me in real life, follow me on Twitter, or are a friend of mine on Facebook, you already know that this pregnancy has been very hard on me. What you may not know is that it took me a long time to get used to the idea of being pregnant. It [...]
Aloha, Baby!
September 22, 2010 by Christine - From Dates to Diapers
Filed under Baby Young, Not-So-Wordless Wednesday, pregnancy
Tweet First, it was six beautiful handprints that graced my baby bump. Now, what could be better than an ocean sunset, complete with seven starfish – one to represent each of our blessings, to cover my belly? I can almost hear those calming ocean waves now… I have to say that it’s just fabulous to [...]
Handprints on my belly!
September 8, 2010 by Christine - From Dates to Diapers
Filed under Baby Young, Not-So-Wordless Wednesday, pregnancy
Tweet My sister-in-law, Lisa, was over the other night, with her bodypaint, and thought it would be fun to have all of my kiddos leave a colorful print on my big baby belly to form a flower. It didn’t quite turn out the way Lisa had hoped, but it was great fun for my kiddos, [...]
For The Mom-to-Be {That’s Me!}
July 8, 2010 by Christine - From Dates to Diapers
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Tweet Baby flutters. Counting down the days. Gathering baby essentials. There are so many exciting moments to be had while baking a baby. But, there are some great products and services out there to make the joyous time for an expectant mom even more enjoyable. I’d like to tell you about a few I’ve been [...]






















